UCLA basketball to open in China

UCLA’s basketball team will travel the country — and to China — as part of a nonconference schedule announced Friday.

The Bruins will open the season against Georgia Tech in Shanghai on Nov. 10 and their first home game is Nov. 15 at Pauley Pavilion against Central Arkansas. UCLA is to compete in the Hall of Fame Classic Nov. 20-21 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., as part of a four-team field that includes Wisconsin, Creighton and Baylor. UCLA will play Michigan in Ann Arbor on Dec. 9 and Kentucky at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Dec. 23 as part of the CBS Sports Classic.

The Bruins’ schedule has eight nonconference home games, including Cincinnati on Dec. 16 in a rematch of an NCAA tournament secondround game in March that UCLA won by 12 points. — Ben Bolch

Butler basketball coach Chris Holtmann will replace Thad Matta as the coach at Ohio State, the school said. Ohio State said Holtmann, the reigning Big East coach of the year, will be paid about $3 million a year under an eight-year deal.

Sunny Odogwu, a 6-foot-8, 325pound right tackle who began his college career at Miami, said on Twitter that he would spend his final season of eligibility at UCLA as a graduate transfer. Odogwu, who played in only five games last season because of an ankle injury, picked the Bruins over Michigan. — Ben Bolch

Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham has signed an extension to keep him in charge of the program through 2021. In 12 seasons as head coach, Whittingham has a 104-50 record.